As of now, Phu Quoc Island has attracted $16.7 billion in investment capital to a range of international-scale projects that not only gave the island a new face, but also attracted other projects as well as tourists. Sun Group’s projects in the south of the island are one of the engines of change.

Climate change, water scarcity, and dwindling natural resources are just a few of the serious, long-term environmental challenges facing many countries across the Asia-Pacific, causing consumers to seek out eco-friendly goods and services.

VGP – More than 200 delegates from parliaments of 24 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, along with representatives of international organizations, are participating in a regional symposium of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on response to climate change, in Ho Chi Minh City from May 11-13.

BERLIN: France's new President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday (May 15) vowed to give a new impetus to Europe, even if it requires treaty change, after Macron appointed a prime minister from the conservative camp.

More than 5,000 students, office workers and city officials gathered in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City early Sunday morning for a 10,000-step walk aimed at launching an exercise movement to improve public health.

VGP – Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on May 11 for Speaker of Myanmar’s House of Nationalities (Upper House) and Parliament Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is in Viet Nam for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on response to climate change.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan hosted a reception on May 11 for Speaker of Myanmar’s House of Nationalities (Upper House) and Parliament Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is in Viet Nam for the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on response to climate change.

VGP - The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)’s symposium for the Asia-Pacific region on climate change response will be jointly organized by the IPU and the Vietnamese National Assembly from May 11-13 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Rising sea levels have exacerbated saline intrusion and coastal erosion in Việt Nam, but farmers can make the best out of a bad situation by shifting from agriculture to aquaculture, raising brackish water shrimp.

PARIS: Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron promised on Sunday (May 7) to heal France's divisions after crushing far-right leader Marine Le Pen in a pivotal presidential election that has given him a large but fragile mandate for change.

More investments in infrastructure are needed to support continued growth in Asia and the Pacific and combat climate change, Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao said Saturday in his opening address at the 50th Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors in Japan.